Recovery of waterborne oocysts of Cryptosporidium from water samples by the membrane-filter dissolution method

Parasitology Research

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 121-125

  Graczyk, T K ^a,b   Cranfield, M R ^b,c   Fayer, R ^d  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Medical Department   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DISSOLUTION; FILTER; NONHUMAN; OOCYST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; FILTRATION; HUMANS; WATER; WATER SUPPLY; ZYGOTE;

EID: 0031042827     PISSN: 00443255     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004360050221     Document Type: Article

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